. >>> authorities are investigating a armed robbery at a marijuana farm. deputies responded to a call in morgan hill. when they arrived they talked to two victims who said they were tied up. 4-6 men dug up marijuana plants in the backyard. they are trying to determine if that marijuana grow was legal. >>> a homeowner says it happened again. a driver lost control and crashed into his backyard. he says this is the 8th time that happened. this is video of the crash. happened last night on a curved stretch. took 25 minutes for emergency crews to pull the driver to safety. he was taken to the hospital in critical condition. the homeowner asked the city to put up a guard rail but was told the city doesn't have the pun money. >>> -- the money. >>> authorities are reporting a death from west nile virus. officials say he is the fifth person in california this year to die from west nile virus. >> we are looking at record amounts of west nile in the environment this year. >> he died last weekend after being hospitalized for 10 days. >>> yosemite national park says a 9

. >>> marijuana farms are threatening the purity of the reservoir that supplies san francisco and saneo counties with drinking water. authorities say they recently pulled 7,000 pounds of trash from the hills around the crystal springs investigation -- res most came from illegal pot grows and included car batteries and banned chemicals. runoff from the trash could pollute the pristine reservoir testing hasn't turned up ed water so far. the narcotics task force says in the past five years it has seized 170 million dollars worth of pot from reservoir grows. >>> you know driving around the bay area can be slow. money magazine is out with a new survey showing how hard it can be. the survey is part of the report detailing the best and worst places to live. three bay area cities in on the top 25 five list of slowest. antioch the third longest commute nationally, 36 minutes. pittsburg number 14, 31 minutes to get to work. if you are driving from novato it take as average of over half an hour. >> antioch and pittsburg are along the same route you figure both would be affected. >> yeah. >> 4:45

. >> marijuana farms are threatening the purity of the reservoir that supplies san francisco and san mateo county with the drenching water. much of the 7000 pounds of trash they have pulled from the hills around the crystal springs reservoir 40's illegal play of the night growth that includes car battery an banned chemica chemicals. officials say run off could end up mruingt the pristine reservoir. testing his not yet turned up any saint of tainted world trade center. san m take county tvbing forces the pingt 5 years they seized 175 million dollars worth of plants. >> presidential examine in the final couple months warning tonight not to be taken advantage of here. better business bureau issued a warning to help you avoid becoming a victim. among the trick criminals are using fundraiser asking to you donate money that never gets to the campaign. phoney voter survey which offer praises in exchange for the credit card number don't fall for. that checking for voter eligibility. this involves asking for your social security number to help you register to vote. that is obviously a no no.

. >> marijuana farms are threatening the purity of the reservoir that supplies san francisco and santh the drenching water. much of the 7000 pounds of trash they have pulled from the hills around the crystal springs reservoir 40's illegal play of the night growth that includes car battery an banned chemica chemicals. officials say run off could end up mruingt the pristine reservoir. testing his not yet turnedup any saint t of tainted world trade center. san m take county tvbing forces the pingt 5 years they seized 175 million dollars worth of plants. >> presidential examine in the final couple months warning toot to be taken hereage of her business bureau issued a warning to help you avoid becoming a victim. among the trick criminals are using fundraiser asking to you donate money that never gets to the campaign. phoney voter survey which offer praises in exchange for the credit card number don't fall for. that checking for voter eligibility. this involves asking for your social security number to help you register to vote. that is obviously a no no. to avoid being a victim never giv

. >> marijuana farms are threatening the purity of the reservoir that supplies san francisco and sannty with the drenching water. much of the 7000 pounds of trash they have pulled from the hills around the crystal springs reservoir 40's illegal play of the night growth that includes car battery an banned chemica chemicals. officials say run off could end up mruingt the pristine reservoir. testing his not yet turned up any saint of tainted world trade center. san m take county tvbing forces the pingt 5 years they seized 175 million dollars worth of plants. >> presidential examine in the final couple months warning tonight not to be taken advantage of here. better business bureau issued a warning to help you avoid becoming a victim. among the trick criminals are using fundraiser asking to you donate money that never gets to the campaign. phoney voter survey which offer praises in exchange for the credit card number don't fall for. that checking for voter eligibility. this involves asking for your social security number to help you register to vote. that is obviously a no no. to avoid b

. >>> authorities are investigating the discovery of a huge marijuana farm on marin municipal water district. they found 4500 plants spread over a quarter mile. they became suspicious on monday. a suspect was detained but they are looking for other suspects. >>> the fire rescue boat pulled a man out of the bay this afternoon. firefighters said he told people he was going to go swimming and then he took off his clothes. they handed him over to police and paramedics. >>> a funeral service will be held tomorrow for a chp. on monday officers escorted his body to a mortuary. his funeral is set for tomorrow. ktvu channel 2 news coverage of the funeral starts at 10:00 a.m. we will be streaming it live on www.ktvu.com. and we will have live coverage on all of our newscasts throughout day. >>> back now to the deadly attack on the u.s. embassy. republican presidential candidate mitt romney today criticized the obama administration over the attack, appearing to break an agreement to keep politics out of 9/11. will his talk effect the election? ktvu's patty lee tells us what she found out today. >> repo

narcotics officials are warning that marijuana farms are threatening the purity of the reservoir thatsco and san mateo counties with drinking water. authorities say they recently pulled 7,000 pounds of trash from the hills around the crystal springs reservoir, most coming from illegal pot grows, including car batteries and banned chemicals. officials say toxic runoff could pollute the pristine reservoir testing so far hasn't turned up tainted water. the san mateo county narcotics task force says over the past five years it has seized 170 million dollars worth of the pot from reservoir grows. >>> weather permitting pesticide fogging planned in parts of santa clara and contra costa counties tonight. vector control plans to do fogging in the area around holland track road beginning 7:30. in the south bay, ground fogging in parts of mountain view and los altos starts at 11 p.m.. fog something aimed at eliminating mosquitoes to stop the spread of west nile virus. >>> concerns over the sometimes deadly hantavirus kept many away from yosemite this holiday weekend 20% cancellation rate. yose

. >>> narcotics officials are warning marijuana farms are affecting the purity of the reservoirs.the trash they pulled from the hills around the crystal springs reservoir came from illegal pot grows, including car batteries and banned chemicals. officials say toxic runoff from the trash could pollute the reservoir. the narcotics task force says over the past five years, it has ceased 170 million dollars worth of plants from reservoir groves. >>> driving around the bay area can be slow during the commute. money magazine is out with a survey showing how bad it can be. the survey details the best and worst places to live. three bay area cities top 25 list slowest commutes in the nation. antioch has the third longest average commute nationally, 36 minutes. pittsburg comes in at number 14 with 31 minutes to get to work. if you driving from novato it take as hour average just over half an hour make it for your commute. if it were an hour maybe number one, a list you don't want to top, right. >> one accident can turn it into an hour up there and east bay as well. >>> toys "r" us follows

. >>> and an investigation under way into a reported marijuana farm after a robbery there.t happened this morning in a remote part of morgan hill. police received calls about a possible kidnapping. they found three men, two of them said they had been tied up and robbed at gun point. the thieves reportedly fled when the third man showed up. police are asking anyone with information to call the morgan hill police department. >>> a visitor to yosemite national park recovered after becoming the ninth person diagnosed with the deadly hanta virus. three people have already died. it is spread in the feces of rodents. one case a year is more typical. in recent weeks, efforts have increased revealing what health officials say is a population explosion among mice. all but one of the nine people who became infected stayed in these signature tent cabins where mice apparently were nesting in the fly wood walls. >>> it's a done deal. the warriors are moving to santa cruz. at least the team s the final approval for a city financed stadium was reached during a city council meeting last nig

surveillance drones inspecting earthquake damage in the northeast help uncover a marijuana farm. than 100 plants and irrigation system and lighting equipment in the woods. cops say they recovered seven tons of pot. australia, folks at a breeding facility say they are raising dozens of baby taz mainian devils to protect the species from extension. the animals are fighting a deadly disease on native island. they plan to release the little devils back in the wilds in tasmania after it runs its course and that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. >> shepard: i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour. time for the fox top story. early voting is about to get underway in a couple of crucial battleground states. starts tomorrow in iowa and next week in ohio. as we have reported, president obama and governor romney are both campaigning in ohio today. and with early voting an option in dozen of states this year many americans could cast their ballots before the presidential debates even begin. shannon bream is live in washington tonight. wh

farm. marijuana growing openly in almost every back yard.tigators say most of the suspects have links to gangs. remarkable. okay. let's move on. weather forecast. sandy is here. great weather but chilly tonight. >> absolutely dan. you can see that the visibility is droppin dropping. let's show you the live picture from l high definition emeryville camera. we are looking at the fog as we look out towards 80 and it is getting cool. that time of year when we get dense fog and we get the cool temperatures. so prepare for slow going ride in the morning due to some 80's of dense fog. live doppler 7 hd showing you where the fog is sitting near the coast. already pushed in over parts of the bay tonight and as i mentioned visible is already poor along the coast. half moon bay down to half mile. most of the rest of the bay area 10 miles visibility at this point. temperatures 70's inland valley still hanging on to some of the warm frvt today. 50's along the coast lane where the fog is signature. here are the high for today. everyone many fall warm-up v

marijuana raid today. made the bust at a small farm south of elk road. the agents say they discovered at least a thousand marijuana plants deep inside a corn field. they say they also found dried marijuana and packing material in oo barn on the property. when the agents showed up, some suspects jumped out of windows. others ran into the field. 20 people were brought in for questioning. . >>> a san francisco husband says he's on a mission to get the city to maintain its streetcars. we'll show you how these cameras and this video may help him get justice for his wife. . >>> students in the bay area school damaged by fire returned to class. what happened in recent days that brought a community together. >>> and i'm back here at 7:20. temperatures dipped big time today. i'll show you how cool they'll get tonight for your wednesday morning . >>> an anonymous call cross-claiming explosives were on board two commercial jets triggered a quick reaction this afternoon at jfk airport in new york. the two claimed one, an american airlines flight from san francisco, t

farm on point pleasant road. state justice agents discovered a thousand marijuana plants hidden deep in a corn field.ey believe much of that marijuana was being shipped out of state. 20 people tried to scatter when the raid people breaking out the side windows. a elderly lady sustained a injury jumping out the window and 6-8 ran into the marijuana grow behind me. >> the owner of the farm is from chicago. it is not clear if she knew what was being grown on the property. >>> waiting for their first glimpse of a newborn panda. they could hear the baby but they haven't been able to see it yet on the panda cam. they are about the size of a stick of butter. they plan to check on the cub after the mother had time to bond. >>> we are live in san francisco where demonstrators are flooding the financial district. we are monitoring the crowd and we will have a live report coming up in just 2 minutes. >> also, this woman was injured when her car got sandwiched in san francisco. the evidence her husband tracked down to prove it was not her fault. >>> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu

>> i think there are a lot of competing interests right now to keep marijuana illegal and unfortunately big farmone of them. important to recognize these concepts are not mutually exclusive. the thought of medical cannabis and cannabis for adult consumption i don't believe there is excuse to continue to put people in prison for cannabis. adam: the reason there is a conspiracy theory, the reason there's a conspiracy theory about this because pharmaceutical companies are petitioning the fda to sell drugs, painkillers in the united states, real thc, the stuff that getting you high, making marijuana worth it. >> indeed. adam: is that what is behind this? >> here's what we know. there are two patents on the medical benefits of cannabis, both neuroprotective and antioxident. that patent is held by the u.s. department of health and human services. so it seems that uncle sam would say, yes, we want to keep marijuana illegal but we will allow one dealer and we're going to go ahead and let that be big pharma. meantime we're going to put adults in prison for really what we're talking about is a different i

. >>> this is marijuana plants seized from what police say is a pot farm inside a building in san josepolice say they found the pot inside an industrial building on charter drive after someone doing a maintenance check called. these are pictures of the plants. there were about 300 to 600 of them with a street value of 150,000 to $250,000. even though it looked like a business from the front. neighbors say they seldom saw anyone going in or out. they did notice an odd smell in their own part of the building. >> we started noticing next door, they had a lot of cone denization in the windows. we thought it was going through the walls and feared, you know, there is something going on next door. >> there is no word so far in any arrests or connection with the pot plant seizure. >> they will decide whether to allow pot clubs in their city. >> it is on the november 6th ballot. if approved. up to three marijuana dispensarieses could open for business. they could not be near rehab, schools or libraries. >> they could set up in the upscale shopping districts. >> health officials say they believe

marijuana so we could mexicanize it. so chapter by chapter we have seen it lead us to the present. >> cenk: it's fascinating. and washington and jefferson grew hemp on their farmsay washington and jefferson would be serving ten to 40. >> cenk: that's fascinating. some charge this is a new form of jim crow. do you agree with that? >> sure. for the masses of black people in this country the leading indicator suggests a situation that is a dire regression. you look today for example, we have more african-americans today in one form of incarceration or in prison control, whether it's parole on probation, et cetera we have more people in that condition than we had in slavery before the civil war began. when you have that kind of statistic staring you in the face, you have to look at it like did we pass by jim crow are or letting it slip back into our lives. >> cenk: that's a powerful documentary about our insane war on drugs. we are never going to win it it was racist to begin with and let alone the damage it does to all races. in mexico alone since 2006 60,000 people have been killed in the war on drugs. eliot spitzer what do you have for us on "viewpoint." >> we h